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The meaning of the word "Nail" in English


Nail n. : the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.

Nail n. : The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.

Nail n. : The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.

Nail n. : A slender, pointed piece of metal, usually with a head, used for fastening pieces of wood or other material together, by being driven into or through them.

Nail a. : A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard.

Nail n. : To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams.

Nail n. : To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails.

Nail n. : To fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a bargain or to acquiescence in an argument or assertion; hence, to catch; to trap.

Nail n. : To spike, as a cannon.

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Taxonomy
nail, Nail Plate, the Nail, toenails, Fingernails, skin, free encyclopedia, finger, the Matrix, free edge, artificial nails, hair, Nail Fold, colour, pink, manicured nails, fake nails, Surgical anatomy.

Defination from the web:
nails. Is the whitish crescent shape around the base of the nail plate, is the shadow of the Matrix. ... A person whose occupation is to cut any type of nail, apply artificial nails, and care for nails is sometimes called a nail technician. ... 

synonyms
  (noun) fastener
  (noun) fastening
  (noun) fixing
  (noun) holdfast
  (noun) horny structure
  (noun) linear unit
  (noun) unguis
  (verb) collar
  (verb) apprehend
  (verb) arrest
  (verb) pick up
  (verb) nab
  (verb) cop
  (verb) smash
  (verb) boom
  (verb) blast
  (verb) nail down
  (verb) peg
  (verb) breeze through
  (verb) ace
  (verb) pass with flying colors
  (verb) sweep through
  (verb) sail through
  (verb) pinpoint
  (verb) complete
  (verb) attach
  (verb) bring home the bacon
  (verb) clutch
  (verb) come through
  (verb) deliver the goods
  (verb) hit
  (verb) locate
  (verb) make it
  (verb) pass
  (verb) play
  (verb) prehend
  (verb) seize
  (verb) succeed
  (verb) turn up
  (verb) win
related terms
  (verb) nail down


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